Evelyn Gordon defends the idea of requiring the Palestinians to call Israel a Jewish state and insists that “it is the Palestinians, not Israel, who have placed its Jewish character on the negotiating table.” (Jerusalem Post)

Isi Leibler says that “if the White House is unable to concede that Israel’s demands”–Netanyahuâ€™s four requirements–are eminently reasonable, then alas there may be substance in the fears â€¦ that Obama may be willing to sacrifice Israel in a vain effort to appease the Islamic world.” (Jerusalem Post)

While Aluf Benn thinks the dispute over the settlement freeze is “a futile controversy …serving only to bolster the status of the administration of President Barack Obama as an honest broker in the eyes of the Palestinians and the Arab states”Â it also “defers the tough decisions that he [Netanyahu] still must face, and it leaves his coalition stable.” (Ha’aretz)

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